Chapter 108: Broken Bonds
The Harvester's shadow fell across them like night coming too early. Above, Council ships filled the sky, carrying trapped supernatural beings toward their doom.
But inside the barrier shell, something else was breaking apart. Liana doubled over, holding her chest as pain shot through the mate bond.
"What's happening?" Darius asked, catching her as she tripped. "The bond," she gasped. "It's... fracturing." Through the connection that had always tied her to the triplets, she could feel them changing.
The stress of betrayal, the weight of impossible decisions, the horror of watching their people being harvested - it was tearing apart everything that made them who they were. Kael's words cut through the bond, cold as winter steel. "Emotional ties are a liability. We need to think tactically."
